Devaki (2006)

Devaki examines the parallel lives of two young women with very different backgrounds, both of whom were betrayed by their fathers and partners. The plot is based on a true story from January 2003, when a tribal woman named Devakibai was sold in an open auction in Pandhana, a sub-division of Khandwa district in Madhya Pradesh. The Maha Panchayat Panchaganga organised the auction, which was legitimized by the presence of Hiralal Silawat, Minister of Fisheries, who inaugurated the event. Journalist Deepak Tiwari exposed the crime, which was featured on the cover of the magazine The Week.